Check Vitamin D level. Helps with cell division. When cells can’t divide the effects of aging become more noticeable.

Changes that are legislated or forced upon us and are not our options are usually harder to deal with. My experience with those businesses and people who successfully dealt with this kind of change (deregulation of the Financial Services Industry in the 1980s-90s; NAFTAs impact on the textile industry in the 1990s) is this: They determined strategies for actions they would take and set goals on how to adjust. They stayed very focused and clear on what they wanted and maintained the disciplined effort required to achieve their goals. I wish I could tell you that there’s a magic bullet. There isn’t. But it’s not difficult to set you mind to a strategy. If it doesn’t work, set another one. If you are moving and taking action you will eventually succeed.

Wear an eye mask. Block extra light. Small amounts of light can stimulate the nervous system and disrupt sleep.

For many of us this discussion of diet could represent a change in our habits…for the better. Change in life and business can be brutal if we take it as a personal challenge or let it knock us off course. Here’s how we fix that: Write your goals down and build a plan to achieve them. Goals allow us to control the direction of change. They assure that the changes in our lives are self-determined and self-directed. Without them everything is random and haphazard. Plan what you want to do. You won’t be successful all of the time, but you won’t get knocked in the ditch and play “woe-is-me” the rest of your life either. You’ll win more than you can imagine.

Walk 30 minutes. Try to do it daily. Regular exercise…you know the drill.

We can create an immunity shield in our personal and business lives. It’s simply our ATTITUDE. I have witnessed people make themselves healthy or sick just by the way they look at life. I don’t want you to be an ostrich or Peter Pan. Crummy things are going to happen. Get over it and get moving with positive actions. Get away from negative people, turn off TV, find something to occupy your time. One of my great friends in life was suddenly struck with the Bubonic Plague. That’s the Black Plague that killed 40% of Europe in the 1400’s. He’s alive and well today. It had a devastating affect on him, but he didn’t quit. And it would have been easy. There are very few excuses to justify not trying, not righting your ship. You’re not paying attention if you believe the world is against you. Get moving, now.

Do strength training. Build some muscle, burn some calories. 2X/week for 20 minutes.

There are several keys to success, none more significant than TAKE ACTION. Do something. Make the plan…but don’t let it collect dust. Put something behind the plan. We usually stall due to FEAR or we believe we can’t do it. There’s not silver bullet here. You just gotta get moving. Make the “to achieve list” (vs. to do) and start, NOW! There’s actually a little bit of a high associated with checking things off the list and moving toward your goal. May not be scotch, but…

Cook with Coconut oil. Has a fat that your blood gets to the brain quickly to use as fuel. It didn’t say if an umbrella drink containing coconut juice does the same thing.

Develop your business’ strategic plan. It’s a must. Without it you’re truly just kind of wandering around. Look out at least 5 years, then 3 then one. Develop goals to reach in each time segment and a plan to get there.

With all this good living and healthy eating you’ll be able to enjoy it!!

His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One day, while trying to make a living for his family, he heard a cry for help coming from a nearby bog. He dropped his tools and ran to the bog. There, mired to his waist in black muck, was a terrified boy, screaming and struggling to free himself. Farmer Fleming saved the lad from what could have been a slow and terrifying death. The next day, a fancy carriage pulled up to the Scotsman’s sparse surroundings. An elegantly dressed nobleman stepped out and introduced himself as the father of the boy Farmer Fleming had saved.

“I want to repay you,” said the nobleman. “You saved my son’s life.”

“No, I can’t accept payment for what I did,” the Scottish farmer replied, waving off the offer.

At that moment, the farmer’s own son came to the door of the family hovel.

“I’ll make you a deal. Let me take him and give him a good education. If the lad is anything like his father, he’ll grow to a man you can be proud of.”

And that he did. In time, Farmer Fleming’s son graduated from St. Mary’s Hospital Medical School in London, and went on to become known throughout the world as the noted Sir Alexander Fleming, the discoverer of Penicillin.

Years afterward, the nobleman’s son was stricken with pneumonia. What saved him? Penicillin.